Mary Matalin

Mary Matalin (19 August 1953-) was an American political consultant and US Republican Party strategist from the 1980s until 2015, when she registered as a US Libertarian Party member.

Biography
Mary Matalin was born in Calumet City, Illinois, and she was raised in the Chicago suburb of Burnham. In 1980, she helped with Lieutenant-Governor Dave O'Neal's failed Senate bid, and she joined the Republican National Committee as a political consultant. She helped with Ronald Reagan's campaign as a conservative strategist, and she also worked as a campaign director for George H.W. Bush and as an assistant to George W. Bush. Matalin became a political commentator during the 2000s, and she appeared on news channels such as CNN to voice her views. In 2016, she switched her political allegiance to the US Libertarian Party, and she condemned Donald Trump's immature antics.